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Ask HN: Success with hacker news jobs

22 points by matt_the_bass 8y ago

Employees: Has anyone found a job and been hired via HN jobs? Employers: Have any of you found employees via HN jobs? How does that source compare to other job advertising boards?

hycaria 8y ago
Numerous previous discussions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17826312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17826312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10338771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10338771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10146855 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10146855
- rerx 8y ago
  All of these are about the monthly "Who is hiring" thread. None of these are about the Hacker News "jobs" listing that you get to by clicking the link in the top bar.
  - matt_the_bass 8y ago
    Thank you.
hectormalot 8y ago
As an employer I've had a bunch of responses from earlier posts on the monthly HN jobs thread. However, most of these have been very generic, and I think most of them were automated. Out of ~70 people we hired last year, I think we hired only one via HN.
- pc86 8y ago
  Automating submissions to Who's Hiring comments makes sense, especially from the HN crowd, but I'm surprised more of us aren't smart enough to realize how bad of an idea this is.
  - segmondy 8y ago
    Hey, at least you can tell that the person can program and is down for automating things and not doing everything manually.
    - pc86 8y ago
      And that they don't care enough about finding a new job to take even 10 seconds to write a two-line email asking a question about the position.
christophilus 8y ago
I got my job via HN who’s hiring.
jnmandal 8y ago
Yup, I found my current job via HN who's hiring.
JshWright 8y ago
~6 years ago I hired someone from the HN hiring thread. A little over a year ago I found a new position myself from an HN hiring thread (and my aforementioned friend/colleague joined me soon after).
xur17 8y ago
Found my current job via the monthly who's hiring post.
probably_wrong 8y ago
Slightly related: I tried to find a job via the "jobs" tab, but it turned out that the recommended tools (Triplebyte, Work at a startup) don't work outside the US. For a place with such an international audience, that surprised me. As for the threads, I didn't find anything in my area. So no.
matt_the_bass 8y ago
I’d like to clarify that I’m asking about the YC jobs list not the monthly who’s hiring.

22 points by matt_the_bass 8y ago

Employees: Has anyone found a job and been hired via HN jobs? Employers: Have any of you found employees via HN jobs? How does that source compare to other job advertising boards?

hycaria 8y ago

Numerous previous discussions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17826312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17826312 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10338771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10338771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10146855 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10146855

rerx 8y ago
All of these are about the monthly "Who is hiring" thread. None of these are about the Hacker News "jobs" listing that you get to by clicking the link in the top bar.
- matt_the_bass 8y ago
  Thank you.

hectormalot 8y ago

As an employer I've had a bunch of responses from earlier posts on the monthly HN jobs thread. However, most of these have been very generic, and I think most of them were automated. Out of ~70 people we hired last year, I think we hired only one via HN.

pc86 8y ago
Automating submissions to Who's Hiring comments makes sense, especially from the HN crowd, but I'm surprised more of us aren't smart enough to realize how bad of an idea this is.
- segmondy 8y ago
  Hey, at least you can tell that the person can program and is down for automating things and not doing everything manually.
  - pc86 8y ago
    And that they don't care enough about finding a new job to take even 10 seconds to write a two-line email asking a question about the position.

christophilus 8y ago

I got my job via HN who’s hiring.

jnmandal 8y ago

Yup, I found my current job via HN who's hiring.

JshWright 8y ago

~6 years ago I hired someone from the HN hiring thread. A little over a year ago I found a new position myself from an HN hiring thread (and my aforementioned friend/colleague joined me soon after).

xur17 8y ago

Found my current job via the monthly who's hiring post.

probably_wrong 8y ago

Slightly related: I tried to find a job via the "jobs" tab, but it turned out that the recommended tools (Triplebyte, Work at a startup) don't work outside the US. For a place with such an international audience, that surprised me. As for the threads, I didn't find anything in my area. So no.

matt_the_bass 8y ago

I’d like to clarify that I’m asking about the YC jobs list not the monthly who’s hiring.